The partnership between Embraer and Flexjet dates back to 2003, when
Flight Options, which merged with Flexjet in 2015, became the first
fractional ownership program to introduce the Legacy executive jet.
- This
longstanding partnership has grown significantly over the years and
continues today with a growing presence of Praetor 600’s, Praetor 500’s
and Phenom 300/E series aircraft in Flexjet’s global fleet.
“Now in our 30th year at Flexjet, it seems fitting to extend our
rewarding and long-term relationship with Embraer with this historic and
groundbreaking firm order. In fact, since 2003, we have accepted
delivery of more than 150 Embraer aircraft,” said Michael Silvestro, CEO
of Flexjet.
“Both the Praetor 500 and 600 are high performers in the
Flexjet fleet. In fact, the Praetor 600 was so well accepted in Europe,
we opted to include it in our North American fleet in 2023, extending
our Embraer fleet across two continents. And as the first fractional
provider of the Praetor 500, our maintenance technicians and our pilots
are intimately familiar with the aircraft and are looking forward to the
continued growth of this fleet.”
Flexjet has a history as being the launch customer for three mainstay
Embraer products – the Legacy Executive in 2003, the Phenom 300 in
2010, the Legacy 450 in 2016 and the Praetor 500 / 600 in 2019.
In fact,
Flexjet has helped usher in key milestones with
- Embraer via the 100th
milestone Phenom 300 delivery in 2012 and
- the 1,000th Embraer executive
jet, a Legacy 500, in 2016.
These aircraft have each broken barriers in
their respective classes with the Phenom 300 seeing its 12th consecutive
year as the most delivered light business jet in the world, according
to numbers released by GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturing
Association).
The Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 were both the first
fly-by-wire aircraft for the Flexjet fleet, offering performance
capabilities of larger aircraft with mid-sized economics.